Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5600070 | Cardiovascular Pathology | 2017 | 25 Pages |
Abstract
Hereditary multiple exostoses (HME) is a genetic condition characterized by the development of multiple osteochondromas during childhood and adolescence. On rare occasions, these bony tumors can be associated with vascular injury, most commonly involving the popliteal artery. Such patients typically present with vascular complications in adolescence and young adulthood. We report an autopsy study of an elderly man who presented with bilateral popliteal artery pseudoaneurysms in the setting of HME at age 81. This is the oldest patient presenting with a vascular complication due to HME reported to date, as well as the only known case of bilateral popliteal pseudoaneurysms caused by HME. This is also the only autopsy study of this vascular complication so far reported. Our case illustrates that vascular complications from HME can occur even in the elderly, and may show bilateral involvement.
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Authors
Eliza J. Ferrari, Rory K. Crotty, Katharina Eikermann-Haerter, James R. Stone,